Author: Creutzberg,Amadei
Title: GOTTSEELIGE BETRACHTUNGEN AUF ALLE TAGE DES GANZEN JAHRES
Description: Nurnberg Germany, Peter Conrad Monath 1721 full page copperplates [13 including frontispiece] of cherubs + oval pictorial titlepage vignette + engraved head- & tail-piece of cherubs among books + celebrating the harvest + 2 identical woodcut headpieces an. 8vo full brown leather [all edges very worn/spine & lower board has leather flaking but all 5 cords to both covers are in good condition and covers are securely attached to the spine] All edges gilt [gilt now tarnished] Frontis + titlepage in red and black with vignette + [8pp =to reader by George Pritius] + [4pp of Preface + half title leaf to Part I +1184pp + [56pp of 3 indeces.] Quite some signs of use to the preliminary leaves and the first pages however all pages are well bound in, with only 1 leaf with marginal tear not touching text, and no annotations or underlinings and no bookworming. The endpapers have 2 or 3 ownership inscriptions. The first four leaves have slight chipping to fore edge and are quite dusty and soiled to the edges and gatherings A-E have a narrow marginal tide-mark not affecting text. The margins of 4 of the plates have corners or other small tearouts repaired.

Keywords: Monthly emblems


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